Railway spike and lock.



J. M. JONES.

RAILWAY SPIKE AND LOOK,

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UNTTEii) %TATE% JOHN M. JONES, OF

UTIOA, NEW YORK.

RAILWAY SPIKE AND LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1909.

Application filed. December 24, 1908. Serial No. 469,045.

T all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN M. J ONES, a resident of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Spikes and Locks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The object of my present invention is to provide a simple and efficient means for securing railway rails to cross ties wherein the parts are locked against displacement and mutually supported and wear of the rail on the tie is reduced.

Figure 1 shows a side elevation of a portion of a railway tie with a section broken out and shown in section to illustrate details of construction, and in connection with a rail mounted thereon shown. in section. Fig. 2 shows a cross sectional view of the railway tie at the spike, in connection with a side elevation of a section of railway rail. Fig. 3 shows a plan view of a section of railway rail in connection with a plan view of a section of a tie, with a pair of my improved devices in position thereon. Fig. 4 is a detailed assembled view of the spike and locking plate, the locking plate being shown in longitudinal section. Fig 5 is a perspective view of the spike, and Fig. 6 a perspective view of the locking and supporting plate which is employed in this construction.

Referring to the reference letters and figures in a more particular description, 10 indicates a railway cross tie, which it will be understood is of a length to extend between and on which a pair of rails as 11 are adapted to be mounted in the ordinary way. The rail 11 has the usual base flanges 11 The spike 12 which I employ has an elongated body adapted to be driven into the tie with a hook-shaped head 12 adapted to engage the flange of the rail, and a notch or recess 12 in the back of the spike directly below the head thereof. The locking and supporting plate 13, which is preferably thin at one end, whereby it becomes of a wedge form, is provided with an opening 13 through which the spike 12 may be inserted, the thin. end, as indicated at 13*, to be in sorted or driven in under the flange of the rail While the plate lies on the surface of the tie. At the rear of the opening 13 at the point indicated by 13, the plate is made thin enough to freely enter the notch 12 in the back of the spike. The thick end of the plate or wedge 13 is provided with an upturned flange 13 on which blows of a hammer can readily be delivered in either driving the wedge or plate in under the rail, or in removing it from that position. The plate 13 is further provided with an opening 13 in its outer end adapted to receive a nail or small spike 14 to be driven into the tie and secure the plate from longitudinal movement on the tie.

In securing a rail, as 1.1, with this device, the thin wedging end 13 is inserted to some extent under the flange of the rail; that is to say, to an extent which will locate the opening 13 just outside of the edge of the flange. The spike is then inserted in the opening 13 and driven down until the head hook 12 l engages the flange, at which time the notch 12 will register with the plane of the plate 13. The plate 13 is then driven farther in under the rail, the portion 13 entering the notch 12 of the spike. This binds the spike to the tie against its working out or upwardly, and the plate being secured by the nail or small spike 14 su )ports the spike against outward pressure y the part 13 engaging on the bottom of the notch 12 The portion of the plate 13 which passes under the flange of the rail serves to take all or a large portion. of the wear of the rail on the tie, and thus reduces the wear at this point.

It is obvious that the plate and spike can be readily removed by first withdrawing the nail or small spike 1 1, driving the wedge or plate 13 outwardly sufficiently to disengage the shoulder 13 from the notch 12 and then Withdrawing the spike with the ordinary clawbar.

It will be noted that the devices are very simple in construction, which reduces their cost and tends to make them available for their desired purpose.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination of a thin wedge adapted to lie on the top of a tie and have its thin end. driven in under the -flange of the rail, and having an opening located back from the thin end and. a spike adapted to be inserted through the opening and driven into the tie, having a hooked head. to engage the flange of the rail and a notch in the back adjacent to the head in which the body of the wedge in the opening is adapted to engage, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a spike adapted to be driven into a tie, having a hooked head to engage the flange of a rail and a notch at the back adjacent to the head, and a lock and supporting wedging plate adapted to lie on the tie having an opening to receive the spike, and at the back of the opening arranged to engage in the notch of the spike and extended one way from the opening to engage under the flange of the rail and in the opposite way for a bearing on the tie, a head on the outer end of the plate, and means for securing the plateto the tie, substantially as set forth.

In Witness whereof, I have afiixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 16th day of December, 1908' JOHN M. JONES.

Witnesses:

SARAH E. CLARK, EMMA S. HEssE. 

